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giishkizh vta gh
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cut h/ or it (animate); cut h/ or it (animate) off or through

Paired with: giishkizhan vti See also: giishkizhwi vta [NI]



ingiishkizhwaa 1s - 3s ind; ningiishkizhwaa 1s - 3s ind; nigiishkizhwaa 1s - 3s ind; ogiishkizhwaan 3s - 3' ind; giishkizhwaad 3s - 3' conj; gaashkizhwaad 3s - 3' ch-conj; giishkizh 2s - 3 imp; Stem: /giishkizhw-/

ingiishkizhwaa1s - 3s ind gh
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nigiishkizhwaa1s - 3s ind es
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ogiishkizhwaan3s - 3' ind es
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gh
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giishkizhwaad3s - 3' conj es
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gh
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gaashkizhwaad3s - 3' ch-conj es
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gh
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giishkizh2s - 3 imp es
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gh
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Ogii-pabaa-gikinawaaji'aawaan iniwen mitigoon ge-giishkizhomind.

They went around marking the trees they were going to cut down.
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giishkizh /giishkizhw-/: /giishk-/
cut off, severed, sheared off
; /-izhw/
act on h/ or it (animate) by blade

The Ojibwe People's Dictionary is developed and maintained by:
Nora Livesay, Editor
John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

with support and collaboration from the University of Minnesota's Department of American Indian Studies and University Libraries.

Word Family

giishkizh vta cut h/ or it (animate); cut h/ or it (animate) off or through
(reflexive) giishkizhodizo vai s/he cuts h/ self

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